Volume 1 of Masato Natsumoto's ``Sparrow Bee'' was released today, March 23rd.

One day, a lethargic high school student, Jinpei Ino, jumps off a station platform to save a man who was about to commit suicide. Ino's life changes completely when the man turns out to be a killer with only one month left to live. For some reason, the killer becomes obsessed with Ino and declares, ``I will kill you exactly one month from today.'' The presence of a man whose identity and purpose are unknown begins to undermine Ino's otherwise boring daily life. The work is currently being serialized in Young King BULL (Shonen Gahosha).